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J. C. SHINN.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV-2|. 191a.

Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

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Specification of Letters Patent Application filed November 21, 1918. Serial No. 263,640.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it hown that I, Jnnnnnrrn O. SHIINN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Paducah, McCracken county, Kentucky, have invented certain Improvements in Card Games, -of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to games played with cards; and the object of my invention is to provide an interesting and instructive card game which embodies certain educational features'and is particularly adapted to be played by young children.

In developing my improved game and for use in playing the same,two sets of cards are provided; one set of so-called object cards, which need not exceed twenty-six in number, and a set of letter cards, which should be in suliicient quantity and diversity to spell the words constituting the names of the objects portrayed on the object cards.

The playing of my improved game involves thought on the part of theplayers to properly designate the objects portrayed on the object cards; a reference list forming a key being provided to settle any dispute respecting the object named, and the proper manner of spelling the same may also be checked by the reference list.

These and other features of my invention are more fully described hereinafter, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a face view of an object card, and

Fig. 2, illustrates a plurality of letter cards.

The prime object of this game is educational. To this end a full pack'of'cards includes two sets; letter cards and object cards. Each of the object cards will preferably have pictures of two objects portrayed thereon; such pictures may occupy one-half of the card, and each picture may take up substantially one-fourth of the en tire surface of a card. It will be obvious, however, that the object cards may have one picture or more than two; that the arraent or size is immaterial, and that such picture or pictures may occupy any po sition on the card. By preferencethe pictured objects so portrayed on any one card may be such as to/havethe same letter, so that a key letter indicating-to a player the initial letter of the name of the objects poreach letter of the alphabet. As each card may bear two or more objects, a set of twenty-six cards may have the names of at least fifty-two objects to spell. Of the letter cards there will be provided as many as may be needed and in proper diversity to spell the words representing the names of the objects of the several object cards. It may not be necessary to provide a large amount of the letter cards, since it is quite possible to use the same more than once, as will hereinafter appear.

The objects pictured on the object cards ,are preferably simple ones that may be covered by a name having a relatively small number of letters, and it is more or less desirable and will add zest to the game to have objects to which more than one name might be applied. Whether the names which may be applied could be used would be determined largely by the initial or key letter carried by the object card. In addition to this key letter, the card may be providedwith numbers indicating the objects-1 and 2 for instance, and these numbers may be employed with the letters in connection with the reference list and refer to the words noted on such list as representing the different objects carried by the'cards with the corresponding letters and numbers, to

wit: Ag; Bi, and so on.

The letter cards are preferably plain, and they may have a white face with a Singleletter in the center of the same, or the same letter oppositely faced so as to have single letter value, and the four corners of the several cards may have the usual pip markings.

In the object card portrayed in the drawing, I have shown the representation of a mask and the representation of a mill; the card additionally bearing the key letter M, the initial letter of the words indicating the objects on the card, and these objects will be noted on the reference list as Mg. By preference the object cards have Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

drawn). If the player succeeds in complet- I the trick; the play continii'in backs of one color or design, and the letter cards have backs of another color or design, so that they can be readily sorted after any ame has been completed preparatory to shu ing and dealing for the next game.

In playing the ame, the method may be substantially as fifilows:

Any number of players up to eight may take part, and the cards may be dealt in the usual manner; first to the left of the dealer; each player, including the dealer, receiving three object cards and four letter cards, although the number of the letter cards dealt'may be greater or less as may be desired, and this may also depend upon the number of players. The balance of the letter cards may be placed on the board or table and constitute a bank from which the vplayers may draw under conditions which will appear hereinafter. The game may commence by the first player to the left of the dealer placing an object card on the board or table, then announcing the name of one ofithe objects portrayed thereon as the one he (or she) intends to spell and proceeding to spell the same. In'doing this, the player is guided largely by the letter cards held, for in selecting the object card played the natural impulse would be to select one from those dealt which could be spelled wholly or in part by the use of the letter cards in the players 'hand. The

player has the privilege, therefore, after playing an object card, of laying down as many cards to spell the name of the object chosen as his (or her) hand will supply, and when his (or her) hand is exhausted of available cards, of drawing one card from the pile of letter cards which have not been dealt, (but only one card may be ing the word before the next pla'yers turn arrives he (or she) takes a trick.

If'the player who led the object card is unable to complete the spelling of the name of the object announced-by the cards from his (or her) hand or by the use of that drawnfrom the pack, the right to complete the word passes successively to the players to the left, and the one completing the word takes in the same manner and with the right to raw one card from the pack.

After any player of an object card has announced the name of the object he (or she) proposes to spell, such announcement is the word is also subject to challenge as to correctness. These friendly disputes can only be settled by reference to the list containing the names of all the objects portrayed. If the player challenged is wrong,

the person who made the challenge takes the proceed to spell it.

trick without further playing of any of his cards. If the challenger is wrong, he may be penalized by losing one object card, or in any other suitable manner.

As the cards are rovided with the representation of two objects, it may be in order for any subse uent player instead of proceeding to comp ete the first word commenced, to name the second object on the card, and to proceed to spell it in the manner described with reference to the first object, and the layer completing the spelling of such wor takes the trick. In lieu of this he may lay down an object card, announce the name of one of the objects, and Preferably, however, the following method of play may be pursued: After a word has gone the rounds two-or three times, as may be prearranged, without being spelled, the player next in turn may have the right to start in circulation the other object on unsuccessful card, of finishing the object first named should the card drawn permit, or of laying down from his (or her) hand an object card and making a choice of objects to begin with. Then the player next to him, and so on will have a choice of four objects, as the unsuccessful card will be left on the table to be used in this way until one of the four objects is spelled. Play may continue until the object cards in the hands of the players are exhausted, and the person havin the most tricks wins the game, or in lieu o this, the person who first takes a predetermined number of tricks may be counted the wmner.

In-order that the letter cards need not be multiplied to an unwieldy extent, it is entirely practicable to use them a second time after any word has been spelled, by placing them with the other cards lying in the center of the table or with the pile thereon. If a pileis employed, the used cards may preferably be returned to the bottom of the same.

It will be seen therefore that m game comprehends the use of object car s, each of which may carry one or a lurality of objects, with a key letter indicating the initial letter of the objects portrayed; the name of each object commencing with such key letter, and for the purpose of spelling the words indicating the objects, a set of letter cards is provided suflicient in number and diversity of letters to insure the proper spelling of the words indicating the various objects portrayed upon' the several object cards.

While I have shown an object card with the objects portrayed side by side, it is within the scope of my invention to arrange the objects in any way upon the cards; in opposite corners for instance, to

show a plurality of objects having different 13o initial letters instead of the same initial letter for both objects, and to provide object cards with any number of objects that can be conveniently grouped thereon; such objects being accompanied by a common key letter or with a different key letter for each object portrayed. The letter cards may bear a pair of the same letters, disposed in opposite directions, so as to avoid turning them in the hand or when laying them on the board or table. In some instances it may be desirable to provide letter cards having a pair of difl'erent letters, either one of which may be used in spelling a word.

ll claim:

1. A deck of playing cards, comprising a plurality of sets of cards; each card of one set having an object portrayed thereon with a key letter indicating the first letter of the name of such object, and a second set comprising a plurality of letter cards whereby the name of such object may be spelled.

2. A deck of playing cards, comprising a plurality of sets of cards; each card of one set having a plurality of objects portrayed thereon with a common key letter indicating the first letter of the names of such objects, and each card of a second set having a letter whereby the names of such objects may be spelled.

3. A deck of playing cards, comprising two sets of cards; one set having objects pictorially displayed thereon, and the other set having letters whereby the names of such objects may be spelled.

JEANNETTE o. SHINN. 

